Montgomery College

Government 2302

G. Brown

Film Paper

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Film Paper—An Inconvenient Truth

 

 

Watch the acclaimed documentary film An Inconvenient Truth (2006).  You are a congressional staffer responsible for writing speeches.  You are to write a speech on global warming in response to the Gore film for your elected employer to deliver on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives that will be televised on C-SPAN to a national audience and entered into the Congressional Record.

 

Your paper can take one of three different routes:

 

For Representative SUV Horsepower (R-8th Texas), you are going to debunk the global warming ÒmythÓ point for point as shown in An Inconvenient Truth.

 

For Representative Hybrid Vehicle (D-6th Massachusetts), you are going to state point for point how the former Vice President is justified in his concerns about global warming and how his stated solutions perhaps do not go far enough to address the crisis.

 

For Representative Milquetoast Moderate (D-7th Tennessee), you are going to agree in part with the points made in the film and disagree in other part with other parts because of perhaps concerns with the economic consequences.

 

Be sure to conclude your paper with a paragraph that contains your opinion on global warming. 

 

Support your position with scenes from the film.

 

Guidelines:

 

á       Cover page with name, course, section, and date.  Leave your name off each page in the report.

á       500-800 words maximum (2-3 pages) word-processed.

á       12 pt. Courier font, double-spaced

á       One-inch margins, top, bottom, sides.

á       Write in the first-person (I, me, my).  ÒIt is my belief thatÉÓ

á       Footnotes required, if necessary.  For Internet film references, access RottenTomatoes.com or MRQE.com for published reviews.

á       DonÕt laminate your paper or encase the pages in plastic sheets! 

á       Failure to comply with these guidelines results in a 10 pt. deduction for each transgression.

 

As always, I will give you five minutes of my time to read a first draft to make suggestions or corrections.  The goal is to get you a top grade and have fun in the process.  Visit mrqe.com or RottenTomatoes.com to find an online collection of published reviews.  There is also a treasure trove of information about Global Warming in the published realm.  Be sure to cite sources as footnotes.

 

Note:  This paper is your work and your work alone.  Any shared notes or commonalities of phrasing and/or ideas with another student will be regarded as plagiarism.

 

This is not a film review paper.  Stick to the topic.

 

 

á       Due date:  April 3.  Ten points are deducted for each day it is late, beginning with Tuesday the 3rd.